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China: Scrap Foreign NGO law aimed at choking civil society
The Chinese government must scrap a new law aimed at further smothering civil society, Amnesty International said today.
April 28, 2016
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Kunduz Bombing Needs Independent Investigation
According to media reports, Department of Defense will be releasing public report on its investigation into the U.S. bombing of…
April 28, 2016
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One year on, Burundians pay the price of entrenched human rights crisis
One year on from the start of the Burundi crisis, the human rights situation in the country continues to deteriorate…
April 26, 2016
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New report on Ayotzinapa disappearances in Mexico reveals government’s determination to sweep tragedy under the carpet
A damning report by an independent group of experts into the enforced disappearance of 43 Mexican students in September 2014…
April 25, 2016
Report
Unearthing the truth: Unlawful killings and mass cover-up in Zaria
Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime…
April 22, 2016
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Nigeria: Military cover-up of mass slaughter at Zaria exposed
Mass slaughter of hundreds of men, women and children by soldiers in Zaria and the attempted cover-up of this crime…
April 22, 2016
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Indonesia: Police chief’s shocking torture admission only tip of iceberg
The confirmation of the use of torture by Indonesia’s security forces by Indonesia’s chief of police is an unprecedented turnaround…
April 21, 2016
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Greece: Europe must shoulder the burden for 46,000 refugees and migrants trapped in squalor
With all eyes focused on the implementation of the recently agreed EU-Turkey deal, the plight of more than 46,000 refugees…
April 15, 2016
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Terrifying eyewitness video of life under siege in Syria must spur humanitarian lifeline
The terrifying reality of the Syrian government’s relentless barrel bombing of the besieged city of Daraya, outside Damascus, is made…
April 15, 2016
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Nigerian military must come clean on slaughter of 347 Shi’ites
Revelations of the slaughter and secret burial of 347 members of a Shi’ite religious group in mass graves by the…
April 12, 2016
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Amnesty International USA Welcomes New Round of Guantánamo Transfers
In response to the transfer of two Guantánamo detainees to Senegal, and reports of multiple upcoming transfers, Amnesty International USA’s…
April 5, 2016
Report
‘I Didn’t Know There Were Two Kinds of Justice’ Military Justice and Police Brutality in Chile
Chile’s outrageous two-tier justice system is allowing police officers to beat, ill-treat and in some cases even kill peaceful demonstrators…
April 1, 2016